Wallace, Alfred RusselOn anomalies in zoological and botanical geography , 1864 1864. Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). On anomalies in zoological and botanical geography. In Natural History Review (1864): 111-123. Whole number. [4], 156, vi, 627-631pp. plus 8 leaves of advertisements. 223 x 146 mm. (uncut and partly unopened). Original printed wrappers, a little worn and chipped, small split in upper spine. Very good copy. First Edition. Up to about 1860 Wallace explained the present similarities between plant and animal species in regions now separated by water (such as Britain and continental Europe) by postulating, along with Edward Forbes and other naturalists, that land extensions between these regions had existed in the recent geological past. By 1863 he had abandoned this position, adopting instead Lyell?s uniformitarian view that the Earth?s topography had not altered substantially over time. This change was based on Wallace?s analysis of the global distribution of species, which convinced him of the theoretical as well as the descriptive validity of the six zoogeographical regions outlined in ornithologist Philip Sclater?s ?On the general distribution of the members of the class Aves? (Proceedings of the Linnean Society 2 [1858]). Wallace?s altered position was first made explicit in the present paper, which ?treated several cases of apparently anomalous distributional patterns that had been advanced as objections to Wallace?s extension of Sclater?s ornithological regions. Wallace refined his argument that the six regions represented ?a true Zoological and Botanical division of the earth?? (Fichman, p. 53). ?The conversion of Wallace to a position that made him a forceful opponent of the extensionist tradition and the preeminent defender of the doctrine of the permanence of the continents and oceans was a crucial development in nineteenth-century evolutionary science? (ibid., p. 52). Fichman, An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace (2010).

[Joly, Maurice].Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe siecle, par un contemporain. Bruxelles, Imprimerie de A. Mertens et fils, 1864.. 19 x 12 cm. 337 pages. Broche originale. Tres bon etat general. Interieur propre.. Le sujet : Machiavel et Montesquieu devisent aux enfers, et echangent quelques propos sur la politique moderne, et la facon la plus efficace pour quelques hommes politiques - toute consideration de morale mise a part - d'acquerir et de conserver indefiniment le pouvoir (theme classique du Prince), mettant des hommes de paille aux places cle de la societe. Montesquieu, conformement a son role historique, met l'accent sur la separation des pouvoirs, l'Etat de droit, la souverainete de la nation, mais Machiavel retourne a chaque fois ses arguments pour montrer comment ces notions nobles peuvent etre detournees au service d'un homme, ici Napoleon III qui n'est jamais cite, manipulant toutes les composantes de la societe. Le dialogue fait reference au debut au dialogue de Socrate et Thrasymaque dans La Republique de Platon.[wikipedia]. Maurice Joly (1829-1878) was a French satirist and lawyer known for his work titled The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu, later used as a basis for The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Joly is best known as author of the political satire entitled The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu), which attacks the political ambitions of Napoleon III. It was first published in Geneva in 1864, and then in Brussels. The piece used the literary device of a dialogue between two diabolical plotters in Hell, the historical characters of Machiavelli and Montesquieu. In this way he tried to cover up a direct, and illegal, attack on Napoleon's rule. The pamphlets were smuggled into France for distribution, but were seized by the police immediately upon crossing the border. The police swiftly tracked down its author, and Joly was arrested and imprisoned for 15months. The books were banned. On April 25, 1865, he was sentenced to a prison term of 15 months at Sainte-Pelagie. Joly relates in his 1870 autobiography that one evening by the Seine he was inspired to write a dialogue between Montesquieu and Machiavelli. The noble baron Montesquieu would make the case for liberalism; the Florentine power broker Machiavelli would present the case for despotism. In this manner, Joly would communicate the secret ways in which liberalism might spawn a despot like Napoleon III. (Wikipedia)

DICKENS, CHARLES:Great Expectations. With a Frontispiece, from a painting by Marcus Stone. London, Chapman and Hall, 1864.. First /1./ Publishing of this edition. Frontipiece, 268 pages, 32 pages - a catalogue of books published by Chapman and Hall, written in two columns, untrimmed. Original olive blindstamped cloth with decorative, gilt stamped spine.. In good condition. Coloured top edge gilt. A rather uncommon edition of this famous Dickens' title. Signs of use on the edges. Binding spotted. Discoloured spine.

Wise, Thomas J.] Swinburne, Algernon C.Dead Love [Thomas J. Wise Forgery] John W. Parker and Son, London - [1864], 1st Edition. () Very good. [1-5], 6-15pp. 12mo. Original printed self-wrappers. String bound and unopened. Paper at foot of spine has split (approximately 2"). Some sun fading and a few minor stains to edges of wrappers and first few pages, else a clean copy. An excellent, completely unsophisticated example of one of the infamous Thomas J. Wise (October 1859 - May 1937) forgeries. Wise was an accomplished book collector and bibliographer who completed bibliographies of several important 19th century authors. However, Wise was not content only to compile the extant, legitimate works of these authors and executed forgeries of "early" and "lost" pamphlets of Dickens, Browning, Swinburne, Eliot, Dante, and others. Wise, in association with fellow collector, dealer and bibliographer Harry Buxton Forman, "legitimized" these works in their bibliographies and sold them to collectors. The racket was exposed by John Carter and Graham Pollard in their 1934 book "An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets," which details the pamphlet offered here on pages 269-271. Ironically, a "forgery" of the forgery was issued; this copy is the "legitimate" forgery with the "L" of London above the final "R" of "Parker". An excellent example from on of the most notable and well-documented cases of biblioforgery on record. This copy sold by Sotheby's on 14 Feb 1972 with their original catalogue description and receipt from the sale. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

James, Henry (Col.)Autograph letter signed to Archibald Smith Southampton: , 1864 Southampton, 1864. James, Henry (1803-77). Autograph letter signed to Archibald Smith. 4pp. London, November 8, 1864. 184 x 117 mm. Fine. From Sir Henry James, director-general of the Ordnance Survey (the British government mapping agency), to Scottish lawyer and mathematician Archibald Smith, best known for his work on magnetism and the Earth?s magnetic field, particularly in relation to navigation. James? letter discusses the survey of Jerusalem (then part of the Ottoman Empire) which was being performed by the Ordnance Survey for the purpose of improving the city?s water supply and sanitary services (the results of this survey were published in 1865 under the title Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem). Smith was an advocate of the Royal Society?s proposal that pendulum measurements of the Dead Sea elevation be taken during this survey; James replied as follows: " . . . As regards the proposal of the Royal Society, which you have recommended them to support, to have pendulum observations taken in the Valley of the Dead Sea, I need not say how fully I recognize the interest and importance of having such observations taken, but we have not one with the present party, who without special instruction and training could take the observations, and if there was any one so qualified, we should have no funds out of which the cost of taking them could be paid. I think the present is a most favorable time for having the exact difference of level taken between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea . . . But if anything is to be done, no time must be lost, as it is necessary that the observers and instruments should be at Jerusalem before the survey is finished, and before the hot weather returns . . . "If the Council of the Royal Society, with the concurrence of the Astronomer Royal, should memorialize the Lords of H. M. Treasury to avail themselves of this opportunity for getting these important observations made, I think it very probable their consent and the necessary funds would be granted." Smith?s advocacy of the Jerusalem pendulum project evidently paid off: The Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society each contributed £100 towards the cost of the pendulum work and the Ordnance Survey team was able to make accurate measurements of the difference between the levels of the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (see Wilson). Wilson, Charles W., ?Excerpts from the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem.? www.templemount.org. N.p., 21 Oct. 1996. Web. Accessed 31 October 2013.

NEWMAN, John HenryApologia Pro Vita Sua London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green,, 1864. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green,, 1864. Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean? Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorations to boards in blind, brown coated endpapers. Late 19th-century bookplate of Rev. Arthur Lawrence, who was a rector of St Paul Episcopal Church in New York, and Baltimore bookseller&#39;s ticket to front pastedown. Boards and spine rubbed, head and tail of spine a little chipped, 2 small ink stains to bottom edge, corners of boards rubbed, front hinge starting, small faint crease to lower outer corner of a few endleaves, with tiny loss to one leaf. A very good copy. First edition in book form, first impression, published at the conclusion of the parts issue in June 1864. This has the earliest state adverts dated the month of book publication, with the second and usual state of p. 277, mentioning Mr Oakeley&#39;s name seven lines up from the bottom (it may be that first states of this page are only found in some copies of the parts issue).

[Civil War]: Gay, William:GRAND PANORAMA OF THE WAR! WHILE OUR FATHERS AND BROTHERS ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIBERTIES, COME AND VIEW THE SCENES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE BATTLE GROUNDS, PREPARED BY THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD, EMBRACING OVER 60 SCENES IN THE PRESENT WAR [Boston?]. 1864.. Broadside, 17 1/2 x 6 inches. Ornamental border. Foxing, some wear along the edges. Small hole in upper border, likely where nailed for display. Good. An apparently unrecorded broadside advertising the display of a massive panorama of Civil War battles. Penciled information on this broadside indicates that the panorama could be viewed at Brimfield, Massachusetts on Wednesday, October 26, 1864, and William Gay is identified as the "delineator" of the presentation. Nearly all the major battles of the war would be depicted, including Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Wilson&#39;s Creek, the bombardment of Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Ball&#39;s Bluff, the engagement of the Monitor and the Merrimac, Pea Ridge in Arkansas, Antietam, Vicksburg, Fort Donelson, and much more. There are also portraits of Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, a group of rebel prisoners at Fort Donelson, a panoramic view of New Orleans, and a potentially gruesome view of "the effect of one cannon ball." Following the panorama of war scenes would be a comic interlude, and the evening concludes with a "series of National Chromotypes" and a "new and beautiful design of the Stars and Stripes revolving around Washington, the Father of our Country." We can find no copies of this broadside listed in OCLC, nor are we able to find any other information about William Gay or his panorama. It is well known that during the Civil War crowds of civilians would gather at the edges of battles to watch as they unfolded. This broadside is rare evidence of the public&#39;s continued fascination with images of battles during the war itself, exhibited in an exciting form to a mass viewership.

[Lincoln, Abraham]Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldier's National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as Reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. (Including the Gettysburg Address) The Gettysburg Address. Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldier's National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as Reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. (Harrisburg: Singerely & Myers, 1864.) 108p., black cloth, gilt titled boards. Includes a folding map of the planned cemetery and a copy of Lincoln's dedication. Light foxing, spine frayed at top, else very good.

DARWIN, CHARLES. - ["THE MOST IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL BOOK EVER WRITTEN" (FREEMAN)]O Proischozhdenii Vodov... [Russian: On the Origin of Species]. Perevel c anglijskago [translated from Eglish by] S.A. Rachinsky. S.-Peterburg, 1864. 8vo. Bound in a beautiful recent pastiche-binding of red half calf with blue marbled paper over boards. Five raised bands and elegant gilding to spine. End-papers renewed. A bit of damp staining and a bit of brownspotting. A very nice and fine copy. XIV, 399, (1) pp. + 4 pp. of advertisements + 1 plate.. Extremely rare first edition of the first Russian translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a main reason for the widespread effect of Darwinism in Russia, where the theory met less resistance in the 1860'ies than it did in Western Europe. In Russia Darwinism had a profound influence not only upon the different sciences, but also on philosophy, economic and political thought, and the great literature of the period. For instance, both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky referenced Darwin in their most important works, as did numerous other thinkers of the period."In 1864, S.A. Rachinsky, professor of plant physiology at St. Petersburg University, produced the first Russian translation of the "Origin". Although not a masterpiece of translation art, the book sold out so quickly that in 1865 it went through a second printing. By this time Darwin's ideas were discussed not only by scientists but also by such popular writers as Dmitri Pisarev and M. A. Antinovich." (Glick, p. 232). Rachinsky began translating the "Origin" in 1862 and wrote an important article on the theories presented in it, while working on the translation. This article and the translation of the "Origin" into Russian were responsible for the great success and rapid, widespread knowledge of Darwinian theory of evolution in Russia. "Darwin was concerned that the "Origin of Species" reach naturalists across the world, but translations of that complicated work raised problems for Darwin. If he found it difficult to make the reader "understand what is meant" in England and America, at least in those two countries he and the reader were discussing the "Origin of Species" in the same language. Foreign language editions raised not only the thorny question of translating Darwinian terms, but also the problem of translators, who often thought it proper to annotate their editions to explain the "significance" of Darwinism. The first Russian translation of the "Origin of Species" (1864) appeared, however, without any comment whatever by the translator, Sergei A. Rachinsky, professor of botany at the University of Moscow. Rachinsky had begun the translation in 1862 and published an article on Darwinism while continuing work on the translation in 1863." (Rogers, p. 485). In the year of publication of the translation, 1864, Pisarev wrote a long article in "The Russian Word", which purports to be a review of this translation; the critic complains about the absence of notes and commentaries by the translator. Pisarev furthermore points to several errors in the translation and to numerous infelicities of expression. Acknowledging the importance of the work, however, and of the spreading of Darwinism in Russia, he goes on in his own essay to provide a much more popular account of Darwin's theory and to impress upon his readers its revolutionary significance.Nikolai Strakhov also reviewed the translation immediately upon publication, acknowledging the effect it would have. Strakhov, however, recognized potential dangers inherent in the theory and expressed them in his review of Rachinsky's translation. He praised the work for its thoroughness and rejoiced in the evidence that man constituted the highest stage of organic development; but then he went on to argue that by moving into questions of philosophy and theology, the Darwinists were exceeding the limits of scientific evidence. Like Pisarev, Tolstoy enthusiastically embraced Darwinism. "The first mention of Darwin in Tolstoy's literary "Nachlass" is found in one of the drafts to "War and Peace". There Darwin is listed, apparently quite favorably, among leading thinkers "working toward new truth" [...] Thus by the late 1860's the name of Darwin as a leading scientist was already familiar to Tolstoy and duly respected." (McLean, p. 160). A fact which is often overlooked is that Tolstoy actually knew Rachinsky quite well. Interestingly, it was in a letter to Rachinsky, in reply to a question about the structure of "Anna Karenina", that Tolstoy made the famous statement (that all Tolstoy scholars and lovers know by heart): "I am proud of the architecture - the arches are joined in such a way that you cannot discover where the keystone is". Like Strakhov, however, Dostoevsky, acknowledging the significance of the "Origin", saw the dangers of the theory. In the same year as the publication of Rachinsky's translation, he lets the narrator in "Notes from Underground" (1864) launch his attack on Darwinism , beginning: "As soon as they prove you, for instance, that you are descended from a monkey, then it's no use scowling, you just have to accept it."In "Crime and Punishment" (two years later, 1866) the Darwinian overtones inherent in Raskolnikov's theory of the extraordinary man are unmistakable. He describes the mechanism of "natural selection," where, according to the laws of nature, by the crossing of races and types, a "genius" would eventually emerge. In general, Darwinian themes and Darwin's name occur in many contexts in a large number of Dostoevsky's works.Freeman: 748. See: James Allen Rogers: The Reception of Darwin's Origin of Species by Russian Scientists. In: Isis, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Dec., 1973), pp. 484-503.Thomas F. Glick: The Comparative Reception of Darwinism. 1974.Hugh McLean: In Quest of Tolstoy. 2008

Dickens, CharlesOur Mutual Friend London: Chapman and Hall, 1864. Twenty parts in nineteen (1864-65), original wrappers. Wrappers to Part One are chipped and soiled, most spines slightly chipped to ends, spine chipped to part twelve, seven parts with an old booksellers stamp to upper cover, several with previous owner&#39;s name to head of upper wrapper. Internally some occasional spotting, light oxidisation to several plates, with the plates in Part Nineteen/Twenty water stained to bottom corners, otherwise fairly clean. With forty plates by Marcus Stone. Collates to Hatton and Cleaver, excepting Part Fourteen, where it lacks the 4pp advert for the &#39;Economic Life Insurance Society&#39;, however it does have the &#39;Foreign Bank Notes&#39;, (often wanting according to Hatton and Cleaver), slip in Part Nineteen / Twenty, and four extra advertisements (two slips and two loose). Housed in a cloth drop back box, with leather title label to spine. Hatton and Cleaver 345-370. First Edition. Paper Wrapper. Good. Illus. by Stone, Marcus. 8vo. Original Parts.

M¸hlbach, Louise [pseud. for Klara Muller Mundt]Joseph II and His Court . .. from the German by Adelaide de V, Chaudron Mobile, [Alabama]: S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett, Printers, 1864. (CONFEDERATE PRINTING) First edition in English. 4 vols., 8vo. . Printed wallpaper wrappers, worn and fragile; back wrapper of Vol. II missing. In blue cloth drop-box. Parrish 6437; Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints 3106 . Rare and telling example of printing in the confederacy toward the end of the war, when paper was so scarce the publisher was forced to use wallpaper taken from Southern homes for the wrappers

Mühlbach, Louise [pseud. for Klara Muller Mundt]Joseph II and His Court . . from the German by Adelaide de V, Chaudron Mobile, [Alabama]: S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett, Printers, 1864 - Rare and telling example of printing in the confederacy toward the end of the war, when paper was so scarce the publisher was forced to use wallpaper taken from Southern homes for the wrappers (CONFEDERATE PRINTING) First edition in English. 4 vols., 8vo. . Printed wallpaper wrappers, worn and fragile; back wrapper of Vol. II missing. In blue cloth drop-box. Parrish 6437; Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints 3106 [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

Sherman, William Tecumseh Memoirs of W.T. Sherman (inscribed by George Washington Morgan) First Edition of Sherman?s Memoirs with Scathing Inscription by Former Subordinate with an Axe to Grind Summary: On the front pastedown of Vol. I of Union General William T. Sherman?s Memoirs. General Morgan writes, ?The memoirs of General Sherman reflect his true character, the chief traits of which are vanity, envy and malice. He is the only commander who ever wrote a work to disparage his comrades, and the only one who never won a victory. As his reports disprove his memoirs, no further refutation is necessary.? Morgan?s dissent does not carry weight with historians, who view Sherman as one of the two or three most important Civil War generals, whose conquest of Atlanta helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864. George Washington Morgan. Inscribed Book. Memoirs of W.T. Sherman. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875, 1st edition, 2 vols. (Vol. I, 405 pp., Vol. II, 409 pp.), blue cloth, rear pastedown in Vol. II forms pocket for 30 x 47? map of Sherman?s marches from 1863-1865.#21670 $1,900 Historical Background:Sherman was one of the first Civil War generals to publish a memoir, just ten years after the end of the war. The memoirs were controversial, sparking complaints from many quarters. Though some felt Sherman did not give Ulysses Grant his full measure of credit, Grant later remarked that ?when I finished the book, I found I approved every word; that ... it was a true book, an honorable book, creditable to Sherman, just to his companions ? to myself particularly so...? Henry Boynton, an Ohio journalist, published a book-length critique of Sherman?s Memoirs using the official records then available. In particular, he exonerated General Morgan, and the three other division commanders who fought under Sherman at the failed Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs on December 29, 1862, using Sherman?s own post-battle report. George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) was an Ohio-born soldier, lawyer, and politician. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Morgan later served as a three-term Democratic Congressman from Ohio. Morgan first served under Sherman during the Vicksburg campaign. He later upset Sherman when he failed to execute an attack at the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs. Condition: Minor soil on covers, spine ends worn and corners bumped, and light even toning. Map has partial separations, one torn panel that was folded to outside of pocket.

Blanquart-Evrard, (Louis Désiré)INTERVENTION DE L'ART DANS LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Leiber Paris: Leiber, 1864. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. Creased, occasional staining, else very good. Housed in a newly made morocco and cloth clamshell box.Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and notable publisher of outstanding photographic work. This contains a survey of his more notable techniques. Extract from Mémories de la Société Impériale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille, 1863. The photographic frontispiece was presumably made by the author or Thomas Sutton.OCLC locates 6 copies; George Eastman House, New York Public Library, National Gallery of Australia, State Library of Victoria, National Gallery of Canada Library, and Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

GARFIELD, James A. (1831 -1881)Autographed Letter Signed as a Congressman Baltimore, 1864. hardcover. 2 pages, 8 x 5 inches, Baltimore, Maryland, February 18, 1864. Interesting war-date autographed letter signed "J.A. Garfield," written while a first-term Congressman suffering severe economic setbacks, in part: "...I had a long talk with Jenkins...I gave him authority to order the sale - if it should seem best to him to sell before my return. He thinks the stock will be kept down about where it is for a week yet...It promises well...Keep an eye out - and see if there is not some opening for business..." Boldly signed; horizontal folds. Near fine. In 1864 Garfield partnered with Congressman Ralph Plumb in land speculation hoping to become wealthy, but this met with limited success. He then joined with the Philadelphia-based Phillips brothers in an oil exploration investment which was scarcely profitable. The failure of these businesses forced him to resume the practice of law in 1865 in order to make ends meet.

Norris, Thad[deus]The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish, and the Art of Taking Them Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1864 Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1864. First edition. 8vo. With 80 wood engravings. 604 pp. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, with piscatorial devices on spine, blind stamp of J. & T. Spencer, Leicester on front flyleaf. Spine worn with some losses at ends. Very good copy, internally fine. Bookplate of W.W. Clarkson, with R.B. Marston's pencil signature. Bruns N67 ("very scarce"); Goodspeed, p. 100 et seq; Heckscher 1450; Gee, p. 97 . An important early work, which went into a number of editions, here in what appears to be an English stationers' binding (the trim size is 8-3/4 x 6-1/8 inches, while trim size on the Phila. binding is 8-1/2 x 6 inches; the upper board is stamped in blind in arabesques; the spine tools are not those of the Phila. binding), and with the pencil ownership signature of R.B. Marston (1853-1927), founding editor of the Fishing Gazette, and a loosely inserted page of his pencil notes on Kelson's salmon flies, ca. 1896

Dagron, Prudent René PatriceTRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE MICROSCOPIQUE Paris: Dagron et Cie, 1864. First ed. Dagron. 12mo., 36 pp., illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Housed in a newly made case of pastepaper and cloth over boards with a paper spine label. Prudent René Patrice Dagron, was a prominent Parisian photographer who by 1860 was making microscopically sized photographs. During the Franco-German War of 1870, he applied his ingenuity to make microscopically reduced negatives of dispatches to be transmitted back and forth from Paris to Tours; these tiny pieces of gelatin film were rolled and inserted in quills that were attached to the wings of carrier pigeons. This manual provides complete instructions for his process including diagrams for building a special camera of his design. IMAGING PARADISE p. 166. OCLC locates only 11 copies worldwide with the George Eastman House, NY Public Library, and Smithsonian Institution the only holdings in the U.S.

Smythe, Mrs [Sarah Maria].TEN MONTHS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS, . With An Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W.J. Smythe. Oxford and London: John Henry and James Parker 1864 - 1st Ed. x + xviii + 282pp. 4 maps by Arrowsmith, including 2 folding, 3 ills., 6 sepia plates, 4 chromolitho. plates. Some light browning, handsomely rebound in modern half crushed morocco with marbled boards, gilt lettering and dec. fillet to spine. ODNB &#145;. During his stay Smythe made valuable magnetical and meteorological observations. On 1 May 1861 Smythe reported against the cession, and arrived home in November of the same year. His report was presented to parliament in 1862 and approved. His wife published [the above work], to which Smythe contributed the introduction and an appendix containing his report, together with his magnetical and meteorological observations .&#146; US$610 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Ricord, F. W. (State Superintendent of Public Schools)Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1863 Trenton, New Jersey: Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office, 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy, remarkably well preserved, especially considering the age (published 1864) and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord&#39;s report to Joel Parker, Governor of New Jersey, on the condition of the state&#39;s public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought, the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction&#133; it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the money apportioned &#133; to the establishing and maintaining of free schools &#133; in which shall be taught&#133; all the children&#133; the law makes no distinction between children of one nationality, or race, and children of another&#133;" A fold-out chart (SEE PHOTO) lists 27 key education statistics for each of the state&#39;s 21 counties. For example, one column records the "Number of colored children who have attended school" in each county, and a statewide total (3,029). There are also figures by county for the number of students and teachers; average daily attendance; average teacher salaries for males vs. females; etc. Bound in the original tan printed wraps.. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 175pp.

William Shakespeare.The Works Of William Shakespeare. London: Bickers and Son 1864 - Beautiful contemporary binding, by Bickers of London, of tan half calf with twin, red and black, title labels and fine extra gilt tooling to spines, marbled boards, end papers and edges. Portrait frontispiece with offsetting to vol.I. Superb 4 vols, ink name to verso of f.e.p. of Vol.1, expertly rebacked at some time, hence the hinges in excellent order. Overall an excellent and very pleasing set indeed. Heavy book, extra international shipping charges may apply. 7753. [Attributes: Hard Cover]